Literary world
Articles
- ‘Those Ungodly Pressmen’ : The Early Years of the Brisbane Johnsonian Club
The Literary Club founded by Dr Samuel Johnson and Sir Joshua Reynolds in London in 1764 has been a model to successive Johnsonian clubs in…
1 May 2003 - Beatrice Davis and ‘The Sacredness of the Printed Word’
‘Beatrice Davis was the general editor for the Sydney publishing firm Angus & Robertson (A&R) from the late 1930s to the early 1970s and a…
1 October 2012 - ‘Our Literary Connexion’ : Rosa Praed and George Bentley
This essay examines Rosa Praed’s communication ‘through letters, agreements, publisher’s ledgers, and memoirs of her dealings with one of her early publishers, George Bentley of…
1 October 2012